The aim of the challenge is to build a community of developers designers, and data analysts who can turn the raw data of “civic health” into beautiful, useful visualizations, enabling our communities to be better understood and made to thrive. Excellent, eh? Read on!

Today to talk about the power of satire, he put into action his prowess in storytelling and visuals to share his beliefs and experiences about transforming the world … with as much use of Twitter-type communication as possible 😉 such as hashtags and usernames. [click to continue…]

Vic Gundotra and Guy Kawasaki engaged in a SXSW "fireside chat" about Google+ in front of a huge, packed auditorium at SXSW.

What was the coolest thing I heard today? Twas a a SXSW fireside chat between Vic Gundotra (Senior Vice-President of Social Business for Google) and Guy Kawasaki (Silicon Valley venture capitalist, author, Apple Fellow) to discuss the Google+ project.

Here are some highlights gathered for you from the conversation, in which Guy mischievously liked to point out problems he’s had with Google+. [click to continue…]

Co-organizer Michelle Fetsch of Women Enough celebrating a successful event with Adriana Dakin of ImaginePod, which did pro-bono work in social media, media outreach + more.

On December 1st, San Francisco was one of the sites of the first-in-history TEDxWomen events taking place around the country and the world on that day. Through ImaginePod, I helped to produce the event together with a crack team of women — Michelle Fetsch from Women Enough, Sonya Stewart from Living Rhythms, Sabrina Bruning from Women2.0, and Liz Zirk from Young Women Social Entrepreneurs, as well as a team of volunteers on the day-of. [click to continue…]